Circumspect [George Weasley]

Chapter Four

Later on that day Danique found herself sitting in the library, slightly regretting that she had went to Hogsmeade in the first place. Not that it had been boring, it had been very eventfull and interesting, indeed, she just couldn't help but think that if she had stayed back at the castle, her huge pile of homework would be finished. She sighed to herself, not really sure in what end she would begin.

"How much of that have you gotten through?" George asked as he stopped by her table, a book in hand. He was a little surprised to see her here at this hour. Danique looked up from her books and papers, seeing the readheaded twin standing there. She sighed before answering his question.

"Not enough apparently."

"What is it that you're working on?" He asked as he sat down in the chair next to her.

"Uh.. Potions, same as earlier today."

"Do you need some help? After all we promised to help you out if you agreed to come with us to Hogsmeade."

"If you think that you have something to offer, yes please."

"Yeah, I definitely have something to offer. This is kind of my thing, hands down." He said as she moved the papers a little more towards him so that he could read off the paper better. When he read off the paper, he dramatically gasped at her.

"Miss, this is supposed to be in on Monday! And you're only getting around to do it now?" He said placing his hand across his chest, acting offended. The boy's acting made Danique chuckle, she found his immaturity very amusing at times.

"I know." She said with a tone that gave away the embarrassment she was feeling. "It's not my strongest subject." Usually Danique was the student who always finished her homework in good time, long before they even had to be turned in. Although she had always struggled with Potions.

"That's alright, I'll help you." He said as he carefully moved closer to her before he started to explain all of the things that would be necessary to know.

The two teenagers looked up from Danique's books as the lady who worked at the library told them that they should head back to their dorms before curfew.

Danique looked back at the boy with a surprised expression on her face. "Wow, I am sorry. I never even realized what time it was." She apologized with her cheeks being all flammed up. Slightly embarrassed about making him stay for so long, only to help her with her stupid homework.

George just waved her apology of with his hand. "I didn't realize it either, besides I promised you that I would help you." He said with a smile on his face.

"Come on, we should probably head back." Danique said as she was  gathering all of her belongings before following the red haired boy out in the hall.

"Thank you for helping me, I would probably still have to finish it if it wasn't for you."

"No worries, besides I would like to think about myself as a knight on a white horse anyway."

That was one of the many times that he had made her chuckle that night, it was nice to hang out with someone that loved to joke around. It felt well-needed after everything that had been going on recently. It made her forget about all the things that usually made her shoulders feel so heavy.

As they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady George took it upon himself to mumble the password to her, gesturing with his hands that Danique should walk in first. Climbing through was a bit of a challenge with all of her books. Expecting the Common Room to be quite full, it was the least to say that she got a little shocked when it turned out to be empty.